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Scoville scale
Sign in to savescale for measuring heat of peppers
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Vinony's link graph records 223 inbound references to Scoville scale, and connects out to capsaicin, bhut jolokia and habanero.
Vinony files it under 1912 introductions, Chili peppers and Gustatory system.
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Encyclopedic overview
Pepper stand at Central Market in Houston, Texas, showing its peppers ranked on the Scoville scale The ghost pepper of Northeast India is considered to be a "very hot" pepper, at about 1 million SHU. The Naga Morich, with around 1 million SHU, is primarily grown in India and Bangladesh.
The Scoville scale is a measurement of spiciness of chili peppers and other substances, recorded in Scoville heat units (SHU). It is based on the concentration of capsaicinoids, among which capsaicin is the predominant component.
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